| Chapter 59 |
1 | Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, |
2 | when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men. |
3 | O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us. |
4 | Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved. |
5 | Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink wine of sorrow. |
6 | Thou hast given a warning to them that fear thee: that they may flee from before the bow: That thy beloved may be delivered. |
7 | Save me with thy right hand, and hear me. |
8 | God hath spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem; and will mete out the vale of tabernacles. |
9 | Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Juda is my king: |
10 | Moab is the pot of my hope. Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe: to me the foreigners are made subject. |
11 | Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? |
12 | Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies? |
13 | Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man. |
14 | Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us. |